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Nathaniel was being dragged into the candy store by Mariel. Boy, when that Ravenclaw wanted something she wanted it NOW. "Mariel, slow dooown. You're going to pull my arm out of the socket!"He couldn't help but laugh as he was led around. He didn't know where to start with the sweets. He needed lots to take back to his stockpile. He pulled his hat off with his free hand. He was pretty sure he had hat hair and hoped Mariel didn't mind him looking a mess. Mariel was grouchy. Maybe after here they could go to Madam Puddifoots for some food and only time. He felt really bad about the snow ball to the face incident and wanted to cheer her up. He looked at the fudge that was in front of him. Yes, he was going to get some. Maybe some walnut. He'd not decided yet. He did know that he wanted to get a picture of Mariel.. for his Muggle Studies homework. He'd wait a while though.
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MeredithRodneyMcKay Busy minding her own business, Sarah wasn't even aware the shop had gotten so crowded, or that she was in anyone's way, until a female voice sounded behind her.At least she thought it was a girl, it was slightly muffled, presumably from a scarf.Turning on the spot she smiled and stepped slightly to the side, eyeing the girl as she did so.....The eyes and hair looked familiar.And that was really the only bit she could see. "I'm sorry I didn't realise I..." Blinking a couple of times, Sarah's mouth dropped open when she finally figured out who it was.Of course the fact Nathaniel was attached to her hand was a bit of a giveaway.WAIT! They were holding hands?!
"Mariel?!" she giggled, looking into the not so happy eyes of her friend, who with the scarf looked distinctly like Nanook of the North. "Nate? You two....are holding hands...." She said it as if they wouldn't have already noticed.Could it be true? Could he have FINALLY told her his feelings? They might not have got off to the best of starts, but he did like Mariel, and so did she.If this made them happy then it made her happy. "It's about damn time!" she blurted grabbing them both in a hug. "When did this happen?......And what is with the moody face? I can see it in your eyes," she said, waving her hand in front of her own eyes to signal it.
Mariel glanced back at Nathaniel in amusement and fought the urge to roll her eyes as she stifled a chuckle. Surely she couldn't have been pulling him that hard, she was just in a hurry to get out of the cold and take her mind off of her previous irritation. Tilting her head slightly to assess his appearance as he took off his hat, Mariel graced Nathaniel with a small smile though he wouldn't have been able to see it behind her scarf. He was sorta cute with his hair all messed up from his hat. She reached up and ran the gloved fingers from her free hand through his hair to ruffle it up some more just to even it out a bit, then turned back around to the girl in front of the fudge counter to see if she had moved out of her way yet.
As the other girl turned around, the 15 year old felt slightly embarassed as she realized that the girl was none other than her best friend. "
Oh! Sarah!" she exclaimed at the very same moment the Hufflepuff girl seemed to recognize her as well. Relaxing a bit more as well as finally warming up, Mariel tugged down her scarf so that it was now draped around her neck instead of the lower part of her face.
"Uh... what?" she said distractedly as she looked down at her enclosed hand as Sarah mentioned it. She had kind of forgotten that part as well as she hadn't seen Sarah recently so she wouldn't have known about recent events.
"Oh, right," she smiled back up at Sarah.
"We're, um... together now." But Sarah already seemed to grasp that concept as Mariel was pulled into one of Sarah's famous bone-crushing hugs. Once that was over, Mariel stood back to try to resume her normal breathing and glanced back at Nathaniel.
"Um, just last week, I guess... Huh?" Mariel turned back to Sarah at her observance.
"Oh... other than the bone-chilling cold? Let's see... yeah, one of Nathaniel's friends hit me in the face with a snowball then some firstie managed to immortalize that moment on film," she said sarcastically.
"Fun, right?"